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\r\nAbout a week ago I got an email from a parent who's child was suffering from severe depression and who was also ADD.\u00a0 I had posted a photo of myself doing Neuro-Feedback training of my brainwaves at The Drake Institute on nakama.ca and I assume she followed the breadcrumbs to my blog here and sent me the following email (personal details omitted as it was sent as a \"personal message\":\r\n
\r\nPARENT'S EMAIL<\/span>\r\n
I have a 17 year old son, who has been diagnoised as ADD (with a math learning disability also) and he is severely depressed.\u00a0 I have just been to the\u00a0 orientation for the Drake Institute and I'm trying to decide if\u00a0 I should send him through the program.\u00a0 I'm looking for unbiased information from actual clients.\u00a0 What was your experience?\r\n
\r\nI'll be honest, I do not understand how VOX or any of these sites work.\u00a0 If you can send me a response at (email address here), I would be grateful.\r\n
\r\nGood luck with your musical journey and your healing.<\/span><\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nAfter I send a reply, I thought I'd post it here and maybe at some point contribute more to what I had to say.\r\n
\r\nMY REPLY<\/span>\r\n
I applaud you on your diligence in researching treatment.\r\n
\r\nIt seems like a couple times a month I hear from different sources how scientists have discovered proof that the brain can rewire and correct itself.\u00a0 I read explanations on how the brain is overbuilt and ready and able to heal if we know how.\u00a0 The Drake Institute has been working on this\u00a0premise for 20 years and is truly on the cutting edge of this type of brain \"healing\" today.\r\n
\r\nI cannot give you a complete story as I am still in process.\u00a0 My condition is a combination type, I was only able to work through the first two protocols (1) for depression and (2) for my ADHD before I ran out of funds.\u00a0 As you probably know, health insurances companies will not cover the Drake Therapy - even though it would mean a huge savings in pharmacuticals for them.\u00a0\u00a0I am planning on returning to redo my ADHD protocol as I titrate myself off of the Ritalin and Adderall that I have been taking for several years. Now that I have learned to adjust my own alpha brain waves I need to keep them balanced while my brain adjusts to having less of the medications.\u00a0 Otherwise, I have been told by my advisors at Drake, the brain could end up being \"shocked.\"\u00a0 After that I would like to do the protocol for my Asperger's Austism.\u00a0 My depression was so severe that I was barely able to work for about the past year and a half.\u00a0 Now that I have recovered sufficiently enough to start working as a matter of priority I need to try to catch up with the debts that have ensued before I can afford to complete my treatment.\r\n
\r\nI think that if you can afford the treatment, it is worth trying as the drugs for ADD and depression have so many side effects.\u00a0 Some of them, as you probably know, are very serious.\u00a0 If the VOX map is accurate you are not located conveniently to the clinics I know of so I understand it would take a great deal of planning to make it work for you.\r\n
\r\nThe important thing is it takes a lot of internal effort and concentration to make it work.\u00a0 This is just during the period you are doing the brainwave therapy for about 45 minutes a couple times a week.\u00a0 Your son would need to be enthusiastic about the treatment for it to be effective.\u00a0 When I am saying is that you are having to sit still and concentrate and find out what it is that you can think or concentrate on or whatever in order to make the little race car on the screen goes straight down the road, or make your spaceship goes straight, et cetera.\u00a0 If your son was reluctant or rebellious it would be a huge waste of time, funds, etc.\r\n
\r\nI credit my continuing recovery from depression to the Drake Institute as well as several other important lifestyle changes including:\r\n- Eating fresh, low on the food chain meals that consist of five colors of vegetables a day.\r\n- Daily exercise, which might be bicycle riding, swimming, or just out walking in the sunlight.\r\n
\r\nI had heard that Rosie O'Donnell inverts\u00a0her head, or as some kind of head stand for something to make the blood rush to the brain.\u00a0 I have heard that there are several\u00a0important psychoactive chemicals that can only\u00a0reach the brain if the heart rate reaches a certain level.\u00a0 It may be that some people need\u00a0to have more blood moving to their brain than others.\u00a0\u00a0In any event, I have started doing this in my own way by hanging my head over the side of the bed,\u00a0and by practicing certain yoga positions that invert the head.\r\n
\r\nI also have found some cognitive therapies to be very valuable.\u00a0 In particular I recommend an audio tape and book series called The Sedona Method and think it would be applicable to anyone who is depressed.\r\n
\r\nIn the meantime, you might want to look for a congnitive therapist locally to work with your son on his depression.\u00a0 That would be a good start and may help to start his healing and trust of mental health professionals.\r\n
\r\nRegards,\r\nFrank Rogala<\/span><\/blockquote><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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